Below you will find an assortment of pages about Thassos and what it has to offer.
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Thassos Festivals 2008
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Thassos Festival this year concludes half a century of cultural and artistic contribution. Each year it attracts thousands of Greek and foreign visitors. The festival is about a big celebration of arts and civilization. It gives its spectators an opportunity to enjoy remarkable theatrical shows, dancing activities, and art functions that are a form of purification for the creator as well as for those who enjoy it. Art is the main way of spiritual cultivation and it performs as a way of fulfilling human existance. Thinking in this direction, Thassos welcomes you this year and calls you to participate with your presence in a culturul effort that really has a lot to give! The Thassos Festival 2008 books (visible on the right) are available at multiple locations around Thassos. One of the locations is the Kalogeriko building in Thassos Town. The books have all the information you will need about the festivities of 2008, including dates, times, prices, and details of events and artists. Here is the full schedule of all the organized events taking place during this year's festivities. | |
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Touring Thassos
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 Paradise Beach, Thassos | This magnificent piece of paradise next to the sea is located about 26 kilometres from Thassos Town and 43 kilometres from the port in Skala Prinos. It is an isolated beach surrounded by green hills and mountains on one side and the blue and sparkling Aegean on the other side. It is a very quiet and peaceful place to escape to when one desires to be free from the world. The beach is down a steep hill near the main road that circles Thassos. Just 2 kilometres South of Kinira, one could easilly reach this marvelous place and enjoy a day on one of the most beautiful and sandy beaches on Thassos. |
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Touring Thassos
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 Kastro, Thassos | Kastro is located Northeast of Limenaria toward the center of the island. The medieval village sits at an altitude of 450 meters, and like many of the other mountain villages, it cannot be seen from the coast. This helped to protect the village and it’s residents from the plundering of pirates through the ages.
It’s name derived from the ruins of a castle that once stood there. Jacob Gatelluzzi, a Genoan to whom Byzantine Emperor Emanuel II Palaiologus gave both Thassos and the island of Lesvos to in 1414, built the castle on the mountaintop at which the village is located. The Gattilussi family ruled Thassos for 40 years. Evidence of this can be found on three plaques on a wall of The Church of Agios Athanasios.
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Touring Thassos
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 Click Here to plan your trip in Theologos | The historically-rich village of Theologos stands 220 meters above sea level, in the mountains of Thassos just 10 kilometres Northeast of Potos. It is 55 kilometres from Thassos Town and 38 kilometres from the port in Skala Prinos.
Theologos was once Thassos' major market place and also the location of the island’s government during the Turkish Occupation from 1455 till 1813 and later the Egyptian rule between 1813 and 1902. The history of the village goes back much farther before that though. It lived through the Byzantine Era during which it was given its name and it also contains remnants of the past far before that. Theologos, until the last century, was the most important village on the island, being both the economic and political center of Thassos. |
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Touring Thassos
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 Click Here to plan your trip in Pefkari | This charming little beach resort stretches along a lovely sandy bay and is completely surrounded by green pines located 44 kilometres from Thassos Town and 28 kilometres from the port in Skala Prinos. It is a village tucked away in the trees along the sparkling Aegean coast on the South side of the island. The village consists mostly of beach bars, cafes, restaurants and hotels, obviously just a Summer holiday spot that delightfully caters to its visitors and guests. It is a quiet place to visit that has everything one needs for a wonderful and relaxing vacation. The beach is large with mostly sand and pebble, crystal-clear water and even water sports. Families love to bring their children because of the calm and nature of the area, which provides for a perfect family holidays. |
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